Ekaterina I. Kashcheyeva (formerly Ms. Makarova) is a senior research scientist at the Laboratory of Bioconversion in the Institute for Problems of Chemical and Energetic Technologies of the SB RAS (IPCET SB RAS). She graduated from the Polzunov Altai State Technical University in 2011 and was admitted for a Ph.D. degree at the IPCET SB RAS. She earned a PhD in biotechnology from the All-Russian Research and Technology Institute of Biological Industry. She was twice the winner of the Scholarship Award of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and postgraduates in 2015–2018 and 2018–2020. Her research has resulted in numerous contributions to various journals. She is an author and co-author of 23 articles in peer-reviewed publications indexed by WoS and Scopus. She is also currently a principal investigator under Russian Science Foundation grant No. 22-13-00107. Her research interests include cellulosic feedstocks, Miscanthus, pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, multienzyme cocktail, nutrient media, carboxymethylcellulose, and bacterial nanocellulose.